The information is as follows:

(a) The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) was formed in 2007. Therefore the Department only holds records for the period from 2007.

The Department collects information on the number of people made compulsorily redundant rather than the number of redundant posts.

In 2007-08 and 2008-09, there were no compulsory redundancies.

In 2009-10, 26 people from across the Ministry of Justice, comprising headquarters and Executive agencies (HM Courts Service, the National Offender Management Service, the Tribunals Service and the Office of the Public Guardian) were made compulsorily redundant or faced compulsory severance. The overall cost was £1.65 million.

In 2010-11, there were no compulsory redundancies.

In 2011-12, seven people from across the Ministry of Justice, comprising headquarters and Executive agencies (HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the National Offender Management Service and the Office of the Public Guardian) were made compulsorily redundant or faced compulsory severance. The overall cost was around £296,000.

(b) The Department has only shown information relating to compensation payments in non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) in annual reports from 2010-11. Therefore this information is only available from this period.

To provide it for previous years could be made available only at disproportionate cost.

In 2010-11,49 people from the Department’s NDPBs were made compulsorily redundant. The overall cost was around £1.4 million.

In 2011-12, 37 people from the Department’s NDPBs were made compulsorily redundant. The overall cost was around £840,000.

The information is as follows:

(a) The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) was formed in 2007. Therefore the Department only holds records for the period from 2007.

The Department collects information on the number of people made compulsorily redundant rather than the number of redundant posts.

In 2007-08 and 2008-09, there were no compulsory redundancies.

In 2009-10, 26 people from across the Ministry of Justice, comprising headquarters and Executive agencies (HM Courts Service, the National Offender Management Service, the Tribunals Service and the Office of the Public Guardian) were made compulsorily redundant or faced compulsory severance. The overall cost was £1.65 million.

In 2010-11, there were no compulsory redundancies.

In 2011-12, seven people from across the Ministry of Justice, comprising headquarters and Executive agencies (HM Courts and Tribunals Service, the National Offender Management Service and the Office of the Public Guardian) were made compulsorily redundant or faced compulsory severance. The overall cost was around £296,000.

(b) The Department has only shown information relating to compensation payments in non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) in annual reports from 2010-11. Therefore this information is only available from this period.

To provide it for previous years could be made available only at disproportionate cost.

In 2010-11,49 people from the Department’s NDPBs were made compulsorily redundant. The overall cost was around £1.4 million.

In 2011-12, 37 people from the Department’s NDPBs were made compulsorily redundant. The overall cost was around £840,000.

When a civil servant role ends, employees are given the opportunity for redeployment before a paid exit is considered. Voluntary exits are also used to mitigate the number of redundancies.

The following table shows the number of staff whose paid early exit was approved by DFID under the provisions of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS). Data for years prior to 2002-03 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

There have been no redundancies in DFID’s non-departmental public bodies since 1999.

There have been no redundancies since the establishment of the Wales Office in 1999.

The number of Civil Service posts made redundant by the central Department in each year since 1999 is not fully available. The table below details the redundancies and associated costs which have been made since 2006/7 which is the first available data held by the Department.

The number of posts declared redundant by each of the Department for Transport's executive

agencies and non-departmental public bodies are set out in the following table. The Department is unable to supply full details before 2006 except at disproportionate cost.

The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly and consequently has incurred no costs in respect of redundancies during this period. All staff that join the Office do so on an assignment, secondment or loan agreement from other Government bodies but principally from the Scottish Government or the Ministry of Justice.

The Wales Office, since its establishment in 1999, has not been responsible for any Executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies.

The only non-departmental public body that the Scotland Office is responsible for is the Boundary Commission for Scotland. The Scotland Office is not responsible for any Executive agencies. The Boundary Commission for Scotland does not employ staff directly. All staff that join the Boundary Commission do so on assignment, secondment or loan agreement from the Scottish Government and therefore the issue of redundancy is a matter for the Scottish Government.

Comparable figures for my Department as it is now configured are not available for the years preceding the completion of devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010.

Since April 2010, my Department has not made any staff redundant.

It has been long standing policy for my Department to refer hon. Members to non-departmental public bodies when seeking information on operational matters. This reflects the fact that such bodies are both independent and best placed to answer such questions. It also makes sense that, when hon. Members seek information relating to a particular non-departmental public body, whose independence from Government is important, that hon. Members engage with that body direct, rather than to seek to do so through Ministers. The Northern Ireland Office has responsibility for two Executive non-departmental public bodies and one Advisory non-departmental public body, contact details for which are provided in the following table:

We are not able to report how many civil service posts have been made redundant during the period specified. The following table shows the number of the Department's civil servants who have been made redundant from 1999 to date.

The following table shows the total cost of “exit packages” as reported in the individual published annual report and accounts of executive non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies for financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12.

Prior to this exit package, information was not published by the individual bodies, or formally collected by the Department in the format requested. To supply it from 1999 would incur disproportionate costs.

The data is taken directly from the audited consolidation schedules provided by the bodies concerned, from which the Departments annual report and accounts are prepared. The disclosure in the accounts shows the number and value of exit packages taken by staff leaving in the year.

Exit packages includes compulsory redundancies and other departures. The latter includes the cost of both early retirements (excluding those relating to ill-health) and voluntary redundancies. However, it is not possible to separately identify the value of either of these costs from the data collected. Therefore an overall figure for redundancies is not separately identifiable.

The expense associated with these departures may have been recognised in part or in full in a previous period.

Due to the small numbers of staff involved, and in order to comply with the Data Protection Act, the numbers of staff for the Appointments Commission are represented by “*” as per their published accounts.

Information on compulsory redundancies is held on employees rather than the number of posts made redundant within the Department.

Between 1998-99 and 2010-11, there were no compulsory redundancies in the Home Office and its agencies.

In 2011-12, there were 27 compulsory redundancies in the Home Department and its Executive agencies and in 2012-13 (to 30 November 2012), there have been 23.

In 2012-13 (to 30 November 2012), the Home Department has been charged the following amounts in relation to compulsory redundancies:

(i) £136,906.30 for the Home Department; and

(ii) £406,698.14 for the Executive agencies.

The costs for redundancies in 2011-12 have fallen to be accounted in 2012-13 and therefore the above figures cover the cost of compulsory redundancies for both years.

Information on the number of compulsory redundancies in the non-departmental public bodies could be made available only at disproportionate cost.

Information on compulsory redundancies is held on employees rather than the number of posts made redundant within the Department.

Between 1998-99 and 2010-11, there were no compulsory redundancies in the Home Office and its agencies.

In 2011-12, there were 27 compulsory redundancies in the Home Department and its Executive agencies and in 2012-13 (to 30 November 2012), there have been 23.

In 2012-13 (to 30 November 2012), the Home Department has been charged the following amounts in relation to compulsory redundancies:

(i) £136,906.30 for the Home Department; and

(ii) £406,698.14 for the Executive agencies.

The costs for redundancies in 2011-12 have fallen to be accounted in 2012-13 and therefore the above figures cover the cost of compulsory redundancies for both years.

Information on the number of compulsory redundancies in the non-departmental public bodies could be made available only at disproportionate cost.